When will the power be back in Wayne County, IL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Wayne County, IL right now.

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Elsewhere in Illinois: 199 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Wayne County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ and Ameren, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Clay Electric Cooperative and City of Fairfield also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Wayne County, IL

Last significant outage: Jul 27, 2026 — peaked at 377 customers, restored in ~11 hr (heat event).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Wayne County, IL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 78 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Illinois norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.8 hr.

Largest on record: ~5,406 customers out in August 2024, restored after about 8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Wayne County include Fairfield, Wayne City, Cisne, Jeffersonville, Sims, Mount Erie, Johnsonville and Golden Gate. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Wayne County, IL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Wayne include Illinois Electric Cooperatives, Ameren, Clay Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Edwards County · Clay County · Hamilton County · Richland County · White County · Jefferson County · Marion County · Wabash County

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